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Qwen1.5 32B Chat vs Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507

Qwen1.5 32B Chat (Qwen) and Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 (Qwen) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 23 September 2026

As of 23 September 2026, Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#154 vs #232); and Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Qwen1.5 32B Chat if…

  • ModelCap publishes no field on which Qwen1.5 32B Chat leads Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 for this pair.

Choose Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #154 against #232 (38.4 vs 9.9 points).
  • you want to self-host: Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 ships open weights while Qwen1.5 32B Chat is restricted license.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 was listed 5 August 2025, Qwen1.5 32B Chat 3 April 2024.

Qwen1.5 32B Chat vs Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Qwen1.5 32B Chat and Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507
FieldQwen1.5 32B ChatQwenQwen3 4B Instruct 2507Qwen
ModelCap Index position#232#154
Index score9.938.4
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokensUnlistedUnlisted
Output price / 1M tokensUnlistedUnlisted
Context window— tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens
API providers listed00
Weight accessRestricted licenseOpen weights
Input modalitiesTextText
First listed3 April 20245 August 2025
PublisherQwenQwen

Evidence: 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards · publisher-corpus-prior over 215 held-out anchors (18%); launch card against 2 resolved peers on 9 rows (82%); exceeds every named peer on 7 of 9 rows; no cross-lab optimism probe available; shrunk 3.9 up toward the measured corpus. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Qwen1.5 32B Chat vs Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507

Public benchmark boards where Qwen1.5 32B Chat or Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 has a published result
BoardQwen1.5 32B ChatQwen3 4B Instruct 2507Leads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)12621251–1273Only one result
BFCL V4UC Berkeley (Gorilla)35.7Function callingOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Qwen1.5 32B Chat vs Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507: common questions

Is Qwen1.5 32B Chat better than Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507?

Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 23 September 2026: #154 against #232. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it. Their published uncertainty intervals do not overlap, but the aggregate Index does not predict performance on every task; compare the relevant benchmark configurations before choosing.

Is Qwen1.5 32B Chat cheaper than Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Qwen1.5 32B Chat or Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507?

Both publish a —-token context window.

Which is better for coding, Qwen1.5 32B Chat or Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Qwen1.5 32B Chat and Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 open-weight models?

Qwen1.5 32B Chat: Restricted license. Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507: Open weights. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Qwen1.5 32B Chat and Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507?

ModelCap currently lists 0 API providers for Qwen1.5 32B Chat and 0 for Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Qwen1.5 32B Chat vs Qwen3 4B Instruct 2507 comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 23 September 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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